Georgia, Ohio State agree to play twice in football
MEMPHIS — Georgia and Ohio State have agreed to meet in football during the 2020 and 2021 seasons, UGA athletic director Greg McGarity said Tuesday.
McGarity said he and Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith signed a “memorandum of understanding” on the games, one of which will be played in Georgia’s Sanford Stadium and the other at Ohio State.
“I know that’s a long time away,” McGarity said, “but bottom line is you’ve got to have some of those things in place.”
He added: “Not all of the details are worked out as far as seats and things — just the memorandum that we would basically play each other, home and home, in ‘20 and ‘21.”
McGarity said it hasn’t been determined yet which year the game will be played at which site.
“We haven’t figured that out yet,” he said. “We know we’re going to play each other on campus, and we’ll figure all that stuff out in a year, two years. Who knows what the landscape will look like in 2020? But you’ve got to plan that far in advance to do things.”
McGarity said the games will come within “the first two weekends” of each season. “Before SEC play starts,” he said. “You don’t want to play Ohio State in the middle of your SEC season.”
A fuller contract will be drafted later.
McGarity said Georgia also reached out to Michigan, Notre Dame and Penn State about possible games. Michigan and Notre Dame were not interested, he said, and Penn State’s interest was not as strong as Ohio State’s.
McGarity’s scheduling philosophy generally is for Georgia to play seven home games per season, but he allows for an occasional — once a decade or so — exception to play a home-and-home series against a marquee opponent such as an Ohio State.
Georgia has never played the Buckeyes in a regular-season football game. The teams’ only meeting was in the Citrus Bowl in Orlando following the 1992 season. Georgia won that game 21-14.
“I think it will excite people to think of Ohio State between the hedges and for us to go up to Columbus,” McGarity said. “I think it’s something you can look forward to. All those 8-year-olds out there can look forward to playing in the game.”
Coach Mark Richt will look forward to the game, too.
“Yeah, man,” Richt said. “I hope I’m here to go to Columbus.”
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Paul in RDU
December 28th, 2010
4:09 pm
Carpetbagger – UGA has 2 Heisman trophy winners (note the spelling) and 2 MNC’s.
They also have a record of 1-0 vs OSU.
Boca Baby
December 28th, 2010
4:09 pm
Whatever McGarity wants to do he has my blessings. Just bring back-to-back NCs to Athens.
JB
December 28th, 2010
4:09 pm
Buckeye…..You are correct…We’ve hit a rough patch……..But We’ll be back. I wish we could play a OSU schedule and get 8, 9 sure wins a year…..
Andy in Blairsville
December 28th, 2010
4:12 pm
An out of conference school that’s not a lay-down gimme. What is GA thinking?
Buckeye
December 28th, 2010
4:12 pm
,
So I guess that means you’re going to add creampuffs Texas and USC to your future schedules as well?
Buckeye
December 28th, 2010
4:15 pm
JB,
OH (IO) ya, Nebraska is now in the mix. Maybe we could change the name of the Big 10 to SEC Light.
Pago Pago Dawg
December 28th, 2010
4:16 pm
What ever happened to Clemson?
Carpetbagger
December 28th, 2010
4:18 pm
Thanks for the spell check… but the facts remain.. WE are always excellent!!! You guys… umm , not so much :0 (
Eisendawg
December 28th, 2010
4:18 pm
2020? Dang, that seems like an eternity. By then, we’ll probably be playing some type of futuristic football, with lazers, etc.
OSU is a JOKE
December 28th, 2010
4:19 pm
OSU is the most overrated team in history. Easy win for the Dawgs.
SuperB
December 28th, 2010
4:19 pm
II’s not exciting, it’s just plain stupid. Yes, play 7-8 home games a year– no non-SEC away games; and all non-conference games at home that Georgia can win with their B or C game. After the current contract expires- NO MORE away GAMES IN JACKSONVILLE.
This is the recipe for a national championship. Who cares about Ohio State or Oklahoma State or Colorado?
JB
December 28th, 2010
4:19 pm
Buckeye, I just went to the OSU “official’ Schedule Web site…..TWO teams on your Schedule were in the top 25….LMAO……….. Miss. St, Kentucky, Arkansas…..They are all Physical and good. Then LSU, Bama, AU…… Come get ya some……I’ve seen the results when you do……
Looks like you’re wearing ankle weights when you play these boys…LOL
ATLDawg, ya dig?
December 28th, 2010
4:20 pm
Tech loses Allen, Nesbitt and 6 seniors on D, and have spent the past three years loading teh cupboard with three stars recruits and glorified walk-ons. They just lost to a service academy in Shreveport. I’m always amazed at how mesmerized the media is with CPJ, but even guys like Barnhart are starting to question the depth and talent at GT.
GT is in serious, serious trouble.
JB
December 28th, 2010
4:21 pm
Like Lewis Grizzard said……..Ohio State/Michigan….like watching two mules fight over a turnip, who cares…..LOL
ATLDawg, ya dig?
December 28th, 2010
4:23 pm
That being said, Vad Lee is sick, so you’ll win some games in 2013. But next year is going to be scary. And you’ve also lost 8 of 9 to Georgia. And you suck at basketball, so people in the ACC don’t even care about you. That’s a tough hand, GT. A tough hand.
JB
December 28th, 2010
4:25 pm
What’s that bowl record against the SEC the last decade Buckeye ? I know you’re peeking out from the covers….LOL
Buckeye
December 28th, 2010
4:26 pm
JB,
Perhaps you can get Hershell to suite up again in 2010 and pretend it’s 1980.
JB
December 28th, 2010
4:27 pm
I will admit one thing though….If that ESPN game day crew had their way, Ohio St. would play for the title every year………Man, what a love affair…..
Hector
December 28th, 2010
4:27 pm
Enter your comments here
JB
December 28th, 2010
4:28 pm
I think he’s got a year left…LOL
JB
December 28th, 2010
4:29 pm
Hershell? you AIN’T from around here…….
Buckeye
December 28th, 2010
4:29 pm
JB,
I was just in Columbus. They’re selling #4 Herbstreit jerseys at Buckeye Corner. Had I known, I would have picked one up for you.
Tater Tot
December 28th, 2010
4:30 pm
I’m really gonna miss the Idaho State matchup between the hedges.
JB
December 28th, 2010
4:31 pm
Herbstreit is a drooler for those Buckeyes……
Buckeye
December 28th, 2010
4:32 pm
JB,
0 and 9 (old news) and soon to be 0 and 10. Perhaps we’ll be 0 and 20 in 2010 which will make cutting done the hedges even sweeter.
how bout them dawgs
December 28th, 2010
4:32 pm
goldenrod you have proved you’re an idiot. Go back to delivering the pizzas
JB
December 28th, 2010
4:33 pm
Tressell Knows the road to the NC goes through the SEC.
JB
December 28th, 2010
4:34 pm
Thanks Buckeye……I know that was hard for you……….Always a bridesmaid……..
ACE
December 28th, 2010
4:34 pm
So you’ll have two teams playing that can’t compete in the SEC, interesting.
Paul in RDU
December 28th, 2010
4:34 pm
In 2010 OSU beat 5 teams that ended the season with winning records – this is 4 more than GT beat and 5 more than UGA beat.
JB
December 28th, 2010
4:36 pm
What’s the over/under with what Pryor does with his time the first five weeks next year……and IN ALL FAIRNESS, his butt ought to be sitting out the Bowl, if the NCAA did everything fairly.
JB
December 28th, 2010
4:38 pm
By the way Buckeye, we’ll need 25,000 tickets for that game up there, not 5,000. We’re not Tech.
Paul in RDU
December 28th, 2010
4:39 pm
In September 2011, Pryor will be working out getting ready for the NFL lock out to end
ACE
December 28th, 2010
4:40 pm
@JB-Pryor is gone after the bowl game
beebee
December 28th, 2010
4:41 pm
What? 2010! Both of those sorry a.z.z. teams will be in the lower class of college football teams by then. I’m talking about Division 3-AAA level or lower! No one will CARE about the stupid games!
Go Jackets!!!!!
Buckeye
December 28th, 2010
4:44 pm
JB,
Not, not always a bridesmaid. Check the National Championship records. We’re not stuck in 1980.
25,000 tickets? I ‘ve got four for you on the 50.
If not mistaken, Tech has a more recent national championship than you. They upset Nebraska to take the AP title if I recall.
Tater Tot
December 28th, 2010
4:44 pm
Damon Evans worked hard on that Idaho State deal.
beebee
December 28th, 2010
4:44 pm
I meant, 2020! heh heh my bad.
Buckeye
December 28th, 2010
4:45 pm
JB,
Pryor would have been more in his element at thUGA. He can’t speak in complete sentences.
Mike
December 28th, 2010
4:48 pm
heck i’ll be 70 or 71.
Diggity Dawg
December 28th, 2010
5:09 pm
Since there’s an awful lot of talk on these boards about what makes an acceptable non-conference schedule, I took the liberty of looking them up for the last 7 BCS champs. With a couple of exceptions, they seem pretty much like what UGA is trying to set up — three cupcakes and a decent team (that’s supposed to be you, Jackets). There is ONE interesting thing that keeps popping up. It shouldn’t take you long to figure it out:
Alabama (‘09) – Virginia Tech, Florida International, North Texas, Tennessee-Chattanooga
Florida (’08) – Hawaii, Miami, The Citadel, Florida State
LSU (’07) – Virginia Tech, Middle Tennessee State, Tulane, Louisiana Tech
Florida (’06) – Southern Miss, Central Florida, Western Carolina, Florida State
Texas (’05) – Louisiana-Lafayette, Ohio State, Rice [11 games]
USC (’04) – Virginia Tech, Colorado State, BYU, Notre Dame [11 games]
LSU (’03) – Louisiana-Monroe, Arizona, Western Illinois, Louisiana Tech [12 games]
Feel free to use this in future discussions instead of just randomly spouting out what should be a good schedule.
Ohio transplant
December 28th, 2010
5:12 pm
Georgia is up for a rude awakening when they play the Buckeyes, OSU will be ready to bring it to the SEC, just sorry it will take 9yrs for it to happen.
Q. Carter's Agent
December 28th, 2010
5:13 pm
The world is going to end in 2012 anyway, so what’s all the fuss about.
1-0 UGA Leads Series
December 28th, 2010
5:15 pm
Ohio State and the University of Georgia have played each other only once. That was in the 1993 Florida Citrus Bowl and Georgia won 21-14.
Diggity Dawg
December 28th, 2010
5:17 pm
Ohio transplant, meet the Internet:
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/article_268d5688-fbdd-5f11-a59d-5c4837b66fe9.html
Why do the Buckeyes appear on the RIGHT of all of those scores, anyway?
Beast from the East
December 28th, 2010
5:22 pm
Talking smack about a game that MIGHT happen 10 years from now?
I love it!
Auburn Rules
December 28th, 2010
5:28 pm
The funny thing here is UGA has not been a national contender for 30 years, yeah they had a little run in early 2000’s but even then they were ranked No.1 for 3 weeks and got blasted 3 times that year. Never Never even in the hunt and they think in 10 years they will be even decent enough to play an Ohio St. team who gets annually beaten against every other SEC school. Arkansas will spank up on The Buckeyes in the SUGAR Bowl. But the state of UGA football is so dismal it is embarrassing to live in the state of Georgia where you have to reniforce the fact that not all folks in Georgia are UGA fans. When talking to anyone from out of state the first thing they bring up is the UGA program and all the arrest, the AD and DUI and how long will Mark Richt be kept as head coach. Our immediate responses are, yeah UGA promotes the signing of thug players, the AD was in over his head and had a refillable bottle of viagra, and we all hope UGA keeps Mark Richt as head coach because the program he runs is so pathetic.
UGA is a program that has failed in every aspect and continues to fall in line with the banking system in Georgia, failure after failure and takeovers, but the takeovers are our Auburn Tigers, South Carollinas, Arkansas Razorbacks, Colorado Buffaloes, Mississippi St., and Florida Gators.
How many of you UGA fans are packing the sled and heading to Memphis? Less than 3000, less than 4000. Boy you guys pack the Stadium in Athens but do not travel well, but I guess after going 7-5 and 6-6 even some of you know that the program is suffering.
Auburn Rules
December 28th, 2010
5:30 pm
Jerseys and DUI’s at UGA,
Tattoos, Jerseys, and Rings at Ohio State.
THEY DO HAVE ALOT IN COMMON.
Auburn Rules
December 28th, 2010
5:33 pm
Tennessee represented
LSU represented twice
Florida represented twice
Alabama represented
Auburn will represent us definitely
UGA JUST EMBARRASSES the SEC.
doug
December 28th, 2010
5:36 pm
We don’t need to be playing anymore out of conference teams. This was an area that we used to do well in. Now we are loosing to Okey State and Colorado. We need to cower down and play our regular schedule because we are no longer a good SEC representative. Boise will humiliate us in 2011. We simply dont have the coaching or the talent anymore.